Broadcast distributing machine



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BROADCAST DISTRIB TING .MACHINEL- Application filed'April 12, 1926. Serial I \To.' 101,263..

This invention has reference to a broadcast distributing machine so constructed as to make it adaptable for broadcasting mate? rial of any charactercapable of being broad casted. v r v One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hopper. having a side wall capable of being removed t expose the interior of the hopper covered by such a wall, and in such a. machinev where the broadcaster is supported at the end of the wagonbody, the removable wall would cover that portion of the hopper next adjacent the wagon body whereby material could be shovele'd directly into thehopper byfan at tendant without the. necessity of lifting the material into'the hopper by raising it to the top thereof. I

Theinvention has for afurther object to provide a feeding casing for a machine of this character divided into'separate spouts, each including a feeding means and controlling slide valves, and housed between said s outsthe actuatin earin for the feed-;

ing means within the spouts and forthe distributor, such as a fan rotatably supported to receive material discharged from either or both of said spouts. I

..A further object of the invention is to provide cooperative multiple slide valves for regulatingthe flow of m'ateria'l from the hopper to the feeding means, the saidslide valves being adapted to be moved or adjusted independently of each other where-'.

by more or less material may be fed to the feeding means and in quantities as may be desired; 1 g

A still further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved distribut-.

ing fan for machines of this character and wherein such-a fan includes a bowl-shapedb'ody: portio'ninto which the material discharged and which may be; e ected therefrom through centrifugal action necessary tc'l-ift the material to the top of the bowl; said bowl being surmounted with radially disposed wings or" vanes extending radially from the edge of the bowl, and filth 613 1 0? vision of an annular overlying plate or 'ring encircling the sweep of said wings or vanes. hilaterial discharged into the bowl portion of the fan passing down through s'aidplate or ring a'ndthen by centrifugal forcebeing lifted and thrown outwardly, bro'a'dc'as't'ed by the wings or vanes" and-'he'ld-to the action of said wings' or vanes by means of said plate or ring. 1

The invention further comprehends a pair of auxiliaryfeeding hoppers and associate spouts, oneon either side of the main distributor body and with the discharge spouts having their terminals overlying thedistributing fan to direct materialgthereinto.

That the invention may bemore fully understood, reference is had tothe accompanying. drawings forming a partof the present description and illustrating-a preferred em..-

bodiment of the invention, inwhich Fig. l is a rearend elevation of my im proved: broadcast distributing machine applied to the end or. gate. ofa wagon box, I

the latter being shown in dotted lines.

.Fig. Qis a plan view, as the'saine would appear if taken onthe' line. 2-2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail view in elevation of my improved broadcasting machine", the same being partially broken'away to show the actuating gearing. and movable parts therein'and also omitting the feeding a means for the lighter materials; 1 I

Fig. t is a side elevation of t-hejmachine ornittingthe feeding means for the lighter materials. I a Fig. 5'is a vertical sectionalview as. the same would appear if taken on the'line 5?5 Fig.

Fig. 6 is a verticalsectional view as the same would appear-if taken on the line 6'6 Fig. p .Fig. 7 is a top plan'view of my improved distributing fan as the same'wo'uldapp'ear if taken on the line 7'7'Fig.- 5. I Fig. 8 is a frontelevationof a modified form of a distributin fan, the separable feeding spouts being shown by dotted lines. I Fig; 9 is a top plan view of the fan partially broken 'awaypand V Fig. 10 isa partial sectional view of said modified'distributor fan." I 7 Like characters of referencedenote-corresponding parts throughout the figures.

Reference being had-to the drawings, the outline of the rear'portion of a wagon 'is designated A arranged to be closed by an tributing machine:

Aieeding housing 0'1" casing: 1 is refer be readily understood.

ably bolted to the end gate B by any suitable frame work 2. This housing or casing is especially constructed to support a receptacle or hopper 3 into which the material to be distributed or b roadcasted is shoveled from the wagon in the usual manner.

In order to facilitate the shoveling of material from the wagon into the hopper 3, I have improved the construction thereof, see Figures 5 and 6, by means of providing a removable side wall portion 4, said removable wall being that portion of the hopper preferably next adjacent the wagon body whereby to enable the material to be shov eled directly into the hopper by an attendant without the necessity of lifting the material into the hopper by raising it to the top there of. Said removable walls is adapted to be pivoted at 5, the same being capable of being swung away from the hopper and to be positioned when open in the manner shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. A catch or sliding lock 6 is provided in order to lock and unlock the same, as will be understood.

The. feeding housing or casing 1 may be said to be normally divided into feeding compartments or channels 7 and 8 terminating in depending feeding spouts 9 and 10, respectively. Extending through compartments 7 and 8 is a shaft 11, which within the housing or casing, said shaft is provided with agitating and pulverizing plates 12, so arranged on said shaft with respect to each other tomake the same very effective. Extending through the housing or casing 1 and the compartments 7 and 8 within the same is a shaft 13 preferably positioned beneath the shaft 11, which will be referred to as the operating shaft for the distributor, and on said shaft andwithin each compartment is a fluted feed roller 1 1, see Figures 3 and 5. Positioned directly above said feed rollers 14: of the compartments 7 and 8, respec' tively, are provided adjustable valve plates 15 and 16 so that when one pair or both pair. or one or more are opened, the material pass ing down through the compartments 7 and 8 comes directly into contact with said feed rollers 1%. Although no graduations are shown on these valve plates, such would be employed in actual practice, as is customary,

so as to regulate the quantity of material to be distributed' The agitating or pulverizing shaft 11 is driven from the shaft 13 by means of a sprocket chain 17 engaging suitable sprocket wheels on these shafts, as will -Located preferably medially of the housing or casing 1 and housed between compartments 7 and 8 and spouts 9 and 10, respectively, is provided a gear box 18 within which is contained a driving bevel gear wheel 19, see Figures 3 and 6, keyed upon the operating shaft 13, said driving gear 19 adapted to operate driven pinion 20. disposed upon a vertically disposed shaft 21 which extends through the base of the gear box 18 and is adapted to terminate at a journal 22 which is supported by a bracket arm 23, the latter being secured to a board member 24c secured to and supported from the end gate B. The front wall of the gear box 18 which is designated 18 is shown hinged at 24:, whereby it may be swung away to per mit access to be had to the gearing within the gear box for lubrication or for any other purpose. Figure 6 shows the front wall in two different positions in full and in dotted lines. The lower end of the front wall 18 is preferably shaped to form a section of the bearing for the shaft 21 and latching means 25, see Figure 3, is provided to secure said front wall in closed position.

To the lower portion of the vertically dis posed shaft 21 and immediately beneath the spouts 9 and 10 is secured for rotation with said shaft a distributor 26; This distributor has a main body portion 27 of bowl like configuration, surmounted with a plurality of radially disposed wings or vanes 28 which,

as shown, extend radially from the edge of the bowl outwardly and overlying said wings or vanes is a preferably annular plate or ring 29 which encircles the sweep made by said wings or vanes. As will be obvious, material discharged from the spouts into the bowl 27, will pass down through the said plate orring 29, when by the action ofcentrifugalfor-ce such material will be lifted from the bowl and thrown outwardly,to be broadcasted by the wings or vanes and the material held to the action of said wings or vanes by means of said plate or ring. The

construction of the distributor is best seen in Figures 5, 6 and-7. a I

The description thus far is'to a broadcast distributing machine involving a new and novel arrangement of the feeding and distributing mechanism, including as it does a main casing with separately disposed depending spouts which overlie the distributor at their discharge ends and which, as shown in Figure 3, preferably converge toward each other to a verysmall degree to insure the material discharged therefrom passing through the opening formed by the plate or ring 29 to insure the delivery of such material into the bowl portion 27 of said distributor. Such an arrangement provides for the. operating shaft from the distributor between the spouts to be operatively eonneeted to suitable gearing enclosed within a gear housing within the casing and between the spouts and to be operated from the main driving shaft. The feeding mechanism thus described is preferably intended for the heavier and more bulky materials which may be broken and disintegrated by means of the agitating or pulverizing plates and then fed in proper quantities to and through the spouts by means of the fluted feed rollers; the amount of. material fed by the fluted rollers is controlled entirely by the sets of slide valves and 16, one pair for each of said fluted rollers which may be adjusted singly or dually as may be desired. I have further provided for the feeding of lighter materials to the distributor to be broadcasted either with the heavier materials or alone, asmay be desired and such mechanism includes a pair of feeding casings provided with suitable feeding means, not shown, connectedto be operated by the shaft 13, one located on each side of the main feeding and distributing mechanism ably supported by the end gate B. Each feeding casing has a controlling valve 31 and a down spout 32, the latter converging toward each other and terminating at a suitable point above the distributor to insure the discharge of material therefrom into the bowl of the distributor through the opening in the plate or ring 29, as best seen in ure 1. Each feeding casing has also connected thereto a hopper 33, braced by being connected to the hopper 3 of the main feeding and distributing mechanism.

I have shown the shaft 13 arranged for driving connection with the ground wheel of a wagon and with clutch means for connecting and disconnecting said shaft 13'with said driving mechanism, but as there is nothing new in this detail arrangement or construction, further description is unnecessary as the same forms no part of the invention herein.

In Figures 8, 9 and 10 I have shown a modified construction of the distributor. this instance the distributor proper, 26, is notunlike distributors which are and have been in common use for many years, including a base plate 3 1- with a plurality of radially disposed wings or vanes thereon extending radially from the shaft to a point preferably beyond a peripheral. edge of said base plate 34. Instead of a bowl-like configuration, as shown particularly in Figure 6, I surmount the distributor with a preferably conically shaped container 36 which rests upon and is supported by said wings or vanes 35. In this arrangement the-materials discharged by the feeding mechanism will be dumped into the container 36 gradu and suitally falling onto the base plate of the distributor and-being broadcasted by the wings or vanes 35'thereo-f. 1

In both constructions of the distributor, the bowl, as shown in Figure 6, and the conically shaped container, as shown in Figure 8, provide for a more constantand even distribution of the material discharged onto said distributor.

What is claimed is:

1. In a broadcast distributing machine for distrlbuting grains and seeds, or lime orv phosphate, or the like, a wagon end gate, distributing means on the end gate, a material receiving hopper on the end gate disposed overthe distributing means, and means to movably mount the wall of the hopper which confronts the source of supply, whereby upon movement of the wall, phosphate or lime or the like may be shove-led into the hopper and past the end gate in substantially a horizontal plane.

2. In a'broadcast distributing machine, a material receiving casing having independent feeding compartments, said casing haw ing inner walls which confront one another and are arranged in spaced "relation to form the sides of a housing, distributing means for the compartments disposed below the latter, means to actuate the distributing means arranged between said sides of the housing, means extending across the. space between said confronting sides of the compartments on one side of the latter to form a wall for the housing, and movable means extending across the said confronting sides of the compartments and located. on the opposite side of the latter to form the opposite wall of the housing, whereby the operating means for the'distributing means is completely inclosed on all sides. 7 V

3. In a broadcast distributing machine, a hopper, spaced feed channels leading from the hopper, distributing means receiving material from the channels, driving mechanism for the distributing means located between the channels, and means for inclosing the remaining exposed parts I of the driving mechanism.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand this 8th day of April, 1926;

- JAMES G. BAILEY. 

